There is no consistent lore about vampires...especially with newer films which sometimes feature sparkly vampires and vampires who can be photographed.
So, the fact that the vampire in "Blood & Donuts" doesn't fit with existing stories of blood suckers doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
In this story, a vampire's been hibernating for over two decades and when he awakens he looks much like Marc Bolan (from T-Rex) and eats all sorts of odd things...rats, liver and donuts...mostly because he doesn't want to kill people. And, to make it even more unusual, he lives in crappy hotel room in the Toronto area...not exactly a vampire mecca. Along the way, he befriends a woman working in a donut store as well as a cabbie whose 'friends' are trying to kill him. So is this odd sort of vampire film work?
Apart from a scene involving the bathtub (which was just weird and silly), this is a pretty good film. However, it really isn't a comedy nor is it really a horror film. Horror lovers and comedy lovers might just be disappointed. I appreciated, though, how the vampire did not want to harm others--and he had ample opportunities to do so. A truly unusual vampire film...not great but worth seeing.
